Be prepared for weather emergencies

1:52 PM,
Jun. 5, 2013

Written by

Donna Brazile

When my father was alive, he left New Orleans only two times in his life. The first was to serve his country in Korea. The second was when the federal government evacuated him to San Antonio in 2005. Every member of my family - father, brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, uncles, aunts and cousins - was displaced by Katrina, which flooded our homes, schools, libraries, grocery stores, places of worship, hospitals and places of employment.

My sister was in an assisted-living facility in New Orleans, stranded on the building's roof. FEMA officials told me to go online to register her information ...